Gioia del Colle Air Base

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Gioia del Colle Air Base

AMSL
1,186 ft / 361 m
Coordinates40°45′51″N 016°56′00″E / 40.76417°N 16.93333°E / 40.76417; 16.93333
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Gioia del Colle AB is located in Italy
Gioia del Colle AB
Gioia del Colle AB
Location of Gioia del Colle Air Base, Italy
Source:World Aero Data[1]

Gioia del Colle Air Base (ICAO: LIBV) is an Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) base located in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy, located approximately 1 km south-southeast of Gioia del Colle.

World War II

During

British Eighth Army in October 1943 and subsequently used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force and Fifteenth Air Force
. It was known as Gioia del Colle Airfield by the Americans. Known combat units operating from the airfield were:

  • P-38 Lightning
  • P-40 Warhawk
  • B-24 Liberator
  • B-24 Liberator

The airfield was also used by troop carrier units working with British paratroopers (8th Troop Carrier Squadron) as well as by

Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force
(Aviazione Cobelligerante Italiana, or ACI) in September 1945.

Present

The base is an Italian military facility, presently home of the 36th Stormo, flying the Eurofighter Typhoon.

If necessary, the base can host personnel and aircraft of both the

Italian Air Force, as well as other nations in NATO
.

As part of the

Panavia Tornado GR4 and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Article title[usurped]
  2. ^ "Libya: RAF 'comfortable' with outcome of airstrikes". BBC News. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-20.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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